We certainly love the airplanes that Ralph Savelsberg builds, but he’s recently on a Town kick.
His most recent buildings include iconic British buildings — a corner shop and a pub:
Here they are together with the rest of Ralph’s buildings and vehicles:
Japanese builder peachtree (Brickshelf) has completed a Café Corner-standard building in a lovely Spanish style:
There’s so much to love about this beauty, from the awning, exterior staircase, and window details to the interior, ivy-covered walls, and mottled roof.
(Via Brick Town Talk.)
Following up on his delicious Curry House, Ralph Savelsberg adds a purveyer of fish and chips to his modular street:
Here they are together:
Whether it’s the World War Z diorama I’m working on or the fact that I just finished building the amazing 10185 Green Grocer (favorite LEGO set of the year so far), I have increasing interest in LEGO Town creations.
This means I’m spending a lot more time on Brick Town Talk, an excellent LEGO blog about City and Town creations. I spent a couple hours there recently looking for (and finding) inspiration for future projects.
Particularly inspiring is Tom Snellen‘s large layout. Here are the two wonderful buildings featured on Brick Town Talk:
If you’re interested in trying your hand at LEGO Town, a good place to start may be the Building Tips section on LEGO.com, which includes several videos featuring Café Corner and Green Grocer
designer Jamie Berard:
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I have Indian food at least two to three times a week (at least in part because the cafeterias at work regularly serve a selection of curries), and it’s the one cuisine I could eat exclusively for the rest of my life.
This wonderful English curryhouse by Ralph Savelsberg (Flickr) makes me crave baingan bharta or okra masala from Bengal Tiger:
The lettering is perfect! Ralph’s modular house would make an excellent addition to any city street.
All three of the modular building sets are now available from the LEGO Store online.
Left to right, that’s:
Yay! But don’t you find the gaps in the product numbers intriguing? I do…
Chiukeung from Hong Kong minimizes the latest Green Grocer LEGO set. The model uses over 450 lego pieces and took two weeks to design and build. It looks very nice, and check out the mini renditions of Cafe Corner and Market Street below:
Brickshelf user Kris1234 has shows us what the popular Cafe Corner and Market Street LEGO sets would look like in the older ages. It looks like civilization hasn’t progressed all that much, great semblance!
It’s only a thumbnail, but it sure is pretty…
UPDATE: Green Grocer is now available from the LEGO Shop.
Kudos to Anthony Sava.
Sure, it’s just another picture of 10182 Café Corner (by Dandily), but it makes me happy.
(Via Brick Town Talk.)
Is your Cafe Corner a bit too laid back? Too staid? Too colorful? Then mechanize that bad boy!!! Izzo did.
Oh, and in his somewhat more normal version, the sidewalks move and it’s always raining:
Brickshelfer chiukeung has miniaturized two of my favorite sets of 2007, 10182 Cafe Corner and 10190 Market Street.
Via MicroBricks.